CIM agent classes, methods, and SMI-S profiles supported

The CIM agent classes are the building blocks of the Common Information Model (CIM) agent and use functions such as storage configuration, Copy Services, and logical unit number (LUN) masking. The Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is based on a number of existing technologies that include the CIM.

The CIM agent with Azure Site Recovery protects applications through replication coordination services and physical (or virtual) machine recovery. You can replicate data from your data center to a hosting service provider. (This way you do not have to build and manage a secondary location.) The CIM Agent and Azure Site Recovery uses replication features through SMI-S to leverage site protection. This means that it invokes SMI-S APIs within the service profile.

This integration provides:
  • Protection
  • Failover
  • Reverse protection
  • Test failover
The CIM Agent and Azure Site Recovery can also replicate data to or from (or between) virtual machines. This includes replicating data from on-premises Hyper-V host servers located in a VMM cloud to a secondary VMM server in a remote data center.

To view the complete Managed Object Format (MOF) documentation of these classes and methods, select the documentation information from the following website:

www.ibm.com/support

Table 1 identifies the SMI-S profiles that CIM agent for Storwize® V3500 supports.
Table 1. SMI-S profiles and subprofiles supported by CIM
Profiles Subprofiles

SNIA:Array

SNIA:Array:Access Points
SNIA:Array:Block Server Performance
SNIAArray:Block Services
SNIA:Array:Thin Provisioning
SNIA:Array:Cascading
SNIA:Array:Copy Services
SNIA:Array:Replication Services
SNIA:Array:Disk Drive Lite
SNIA:Array:Disk Sparing
SNIA:Array:Extent Composition
SNIA:Array:FC Initiator Ports
SNIA:Array:FC Target Ports
SNIA:Array:Health
SNIA:Array:iSCSI
SNIA:Array:Location
SNIA:Array:Masking and Mapping
SNIA:Array:Multiple Computer System
SNIA:Array:Physical Package
SNIA:Array:RAID
SNIA:Array:Software

SNIA:Server

The server profile is mandatory for all compliant SMI-S servers. The object manager part of the model defines the capabilities of a CIM object manager based on the communication mechanisms that it supports.

SNIA:Server:Profile Registration
SNIA:Server:Indication
SNIA:Server:Object Manager Adapter